Recently released bodycam footage shows Illinois Democrat Samantha Steele rolling her eyes and omitting the fact that she is an elected official as Chicago police officers arrest her on drunken driving charges.
In footage An arresting officer tells Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Steele that if she does not get out of her car, he will help her, and warns her, “You don’t want that.”
“You don’t want that,” Steele responded matter-of-factly. “I’m an elected official.”
Steele then nodded casually before telling the officer that she worked in Cook County. When asked which office official she belongs to, she shrugs nonchalantly before rolling her eyes at the question.
The 45-year-old Democrat, who can be seen stumbling and slurring his words in the footage, also repeatedly asked an officer If his penis was “so small” at the time of his arrestAccording to police report.
Earlier this month, Steele was stopped by police after apparently getting into another vehicle on a Chicago street.
According to police reports and newly released footage, both cars had “extensive” damage, while Steele’s eyes were “bloodshot and glassy” and he smelled of alcohol.
Officers also observed an open bottle of red wine on the passenger side floor of Steele’s car, and the commissioner refused to perform a sobriety test.
According to the police report, during his arrest, Steele “repeatedly asked an officer, ‘Is your penis that small?'”
When asked how much alcohol she had to drink, Steele also responded, “I want my lawyer, and I’m not talking to you.”
Steele was arrested after complaining of head injuries and being taken to hospital in an ambulance.
According to the Chicago Police Department, he was charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence and is scheduled to appear in court on December 27.
Steele, who represents the board’s District 2, which includes most of Chicago’s North Side and surrounding suburbs, was first elected to the review board in 2022.
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